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I was in Arizona in '89. I was getting ready to come back, and was outside a friends apartment in early morning, waiting for my bank to open so I can get some money for my trip. I was laying on a lounge chase at the pool....I was looking up to the south...and saw a meteor streaking red to the west...I took it as a good omen....it was....it was time to go home... :D


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Monastery of Melk?!

Then the protagoist of "the Name of the Rose", Adso of Melk, was not a complete invention!

John

[quote="Beyond"][quote="orin stepanek"]Ti's a beautiful old building! 8-) http://www.der-orion.com/[size=150]burggespraeche[/size]/[/quote]
That's neat, orin. The water reflection is open sky. The view behind/above the building, is open space. 8-)[/quote]

Haha ha...I read [b]buggerspace[/b]....buggering space...something is not right!
Ah it's German: Burg-gespräche: castle -conservation....that happens with me too with German-Turkish :lol2:
Maybe Ann or Chris experienced that too, when two or more language is used in daily life...

I cracked my scull trying to figure out how SO (32) looks like...sufluroxid 32 oh...it's Superstring heterotic strings.... 8-)

[quote="orin stepanek"]Ti's a beautiful old building! 8-) http://www.der-orion.com/burggespraeche/[/quote]
That's neat, orin. The water reflection is open sky. The view behind/above the building, is open space. 8-)

Ti's a beautiful old building! 8-) http://www.der-orion.com/burggespraeche/

[quote="emc"][quote="orin stepanek"]I find it interesting that comet Swift-Tuttle had changed it's orbit due to evaporation from it's encounter near the sun! 8-)[/quote]
Orbital mechanics at work! 8-)

Good thing we have an atmosphere huh! For lots of reasons! :D

Great capture! Looks like the meteor is headed for the roof! :shock:[/quote]


Right! I thought too the building looks like attacked! :shock:

Someone said in the forum : It is not meteor shower, it is meteor bombarding earth!!!

[quote="orin stepanek"]I find it interesting that comet Swift-Tuttle had changed it's orbit due to evaporation from it's encounter near the sun! 8-)[/quote]
Orbital mechanics at work! 8-)

Good thing we have an atmosphere huh! For lots of reasons! :D

Great capture! Looks like the meteor is headed for the roof! :shock:

I find it interesting that comet Swift-Tuttle had changed it's orbit due to evaporation from it's encounter near the sun! 8-)

[url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120825.html][img]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_120825.jpg[/img] [size=150]Perseid over Albrechtsberg Castle[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] Medieval [url=http://www.der-orion.com/burggespraeche/]Albrechtsberg castle[/url] is nestled in trees near the northern bank of the river Pielach and the town [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090417.html]of Melk, Austria[/url]. In clearing night skies on August 12 it stood under [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090912.html]constellations of the northern summer[/url], including Aquarius, Aquila, and faint, compact [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphinus]Delphinus[/url] (above and right of center) in this west-looking skyview. The scene also captures a bright meteor above the castle walls. Part of the annual [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120814.html]perseid meteor shower[/url], its trail points back toward the heroic constellation Perseus high above the horizon in the early morning hours. [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120810.html]Entering the atmosphere[/url] at about 60 kilometers per second, perseid meteors are swept up dust grains from the tail of [url=http://www.oarval.org/section3_16.htm]comet Swift-Tuttle[/url].

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